BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS.
[To the Editor.] Si 3, —The letter of " Dencirtinaticiiolisi" m ycur issue of last evening is evidently from the pen of a narrow-minded bigot. There are so few men nowadays possessing sufficient j&ackfc-oas to voice an opinion contrary
to tLilt of the ruling mnjority that v:o should welcome a plain speaker like Dr llosking in In our midst, li is a pleasure to hour one possessing the culture of that honorable gentleman standing up and spoakimt 11i; mind plainly and openly. The 'piestion whether the BiNe should bo read i:i ■; is one of inipnr'auee, and i* y tin.- tir:" ttr- i-• - -r,d olee - tioi: t : 1 kt's place it will iv more widely discussed than even the female franchise was before tlio last election. If we had more gentlemen of Dr Hosking's stamp in om- mitUs pei-hap; it would conduce to improve the milksop tone of many of thn-e v.-ho would like to run the country without morals at all. I am, ike., F.S. Hastings, May 27, 1800.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 27, 28 May 1896, Page 3
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172BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS. Hastings Standard, Issue 27, 28 May 1896, Page 3
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